2012 Year in Pictures - November 2012

December 20, 2012 12:24 AM

A shower douses a cow before she enters the
slaughterhouse of the Frigorifico San Jacinto, a major meat processing
plant in San Jacinto, Uruguay.

Last bath:

A shower douses a cow before she enters the slaughterhouse of the Frigorifico San Jacinto, a major meat processing plant in San Jacinto, Uruguay.

Photo: Pablo Porciuncula, AFP/Getty Images

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Are the crabs done yet?

This one, who calls himself Jeremiah Smith, needs a couple more minutes on the stove at Daystar Church in Hartselle, Ala

Are the crabs done yet?

This one, who calls himself Jeremiah Smith, needs a couple more minutes on the stove at Daystar Church in Hartselle, Ala

Photo: Gary Cosby Jr., Associated Press

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Crustaceans love the Giants!

Fishermen caught this half-orange,
half-black lobster off the coast of Salem, Mass., just after San
Francisco swept Detroit in the World Series. The critter now resides in
the New England Aquarium, which says the split coloration occurs in one
in every 50 to 100 million lobsters.

After two months on a diet,
Skinny the cat still looks more like the "before" than the nice, svelte
"after" he hopes to become. The chubby stray found nearly two months
ago in north Texas has slimmed down from 42 to 37 pounds, but is still
too heavy to be adopted. Veterinarian Brittney Barton, with the East
Lake Pet Orphanage in Dallas, says Skinny seems healthy, is on special
food and gets exercise.

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Why, yes, we all do have the same haircut!

Argentina's regional
beauties wait to go on stage at the Miss Argentina contest in Buenos
Aires. The winner advances to the Miss Universe pageant.

Why, yes, we all do have the same haircut!

Argentina's regional beauties wait to go on stage at the Miss Argentina contest in Buenos Aires. The winner advances to the Miss Universe pageant.

Photo: Natacha Pisarenko, Associated Press

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Defenders of the capital:

Russian soldiers wearing the World War
II-era uniform of Red Army troops parade on Moscow's Red Square. The
event commemorated the 71st anniversary of the 1941 parade when Red Army
soldiers marched to the front line from Red Square as Nazi German
troops approached the outskirts of the city.

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Navajo turquoise with a Sioux headdress is just wrong: Native Americans might have a problem with this Victoria's Secret outfit. (Photo processed with a digital filter.)

Navajo turquoise with a Sioux headdress is just wrong: Native Americans might have a problem with this Victoria's Secret outfit. (Photo processed with a digital filter.)

Photo: Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images

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He must be a working breed:

Coffee the dachshund strolls down Reforma Avenue in Mexico City in his bib overalls during "bicycle Sundays."

He must be a working breed:

Coffee the dachshund strolls down Reforma Avenue in Mexico City in his bib overalls during "bicycle Sundays."

Photo: Marco Ugarte, Associated Press

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Do you take this pointy headed woman ...?

Couples get married in a mass wedding in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

Do you take this pointy headed woman ...?

Couples get married in a mass wedding in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko, AFP/Getty Images

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What have I done to deserve this?

Nepalese cops apply vermillion
powder and perform rituals on a dog during Tihar festival celebrations
at a police kennel in Katmandu. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their
role in providing security during the festival.

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A sign warns

nonexistent traffic to stop in a still-flooded
section of Bay Head, one the seaside New Jersey towns hard hit by
Superstorm Sandy.

A sign warns

nonexistent traffic to stop in a still-flooded section of Bay Head, one the seaside New Jersey towns hard hit by Superstorm Sandy.

Photo: Mario Tama, Getty Images

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Gaza Strip protest:

Meanwhile at Birzeit University in the West
Bank town of Betunia, students angered by Israel's Gaza offensive bend
over to salute Israeli soldiers.

Gaza Strip protest:

Meanwhile at Birzeit University in the West Bank town of Betunia, students angered by Israel's Gaza offensive bend over to salute Israeli soldiers.

Photo: Abbas Momani, AFP/Getty Images

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Seeing spots before your eyes?

Don't be concerned, it's just the Jardim Zoo's onca pintada
jaguars wrestling in the grass. A gene library of the cat has been
compiled by Brazil's Embrapa agriculture research agency along with
seven other native Brazilian species.

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More turkey, Mom?

Steven White, 17 months, feeds his mother for a
change, instead of the other way around, at the Thanksgiving dinner of
the Alternative Center for Excellence in Danbury, Conn. Lexus White is a
student at the center.

besmirches the memory of Prince George, Duke of
Cambridge, by setting his commoner cheeks on the royal head in London.
The unidentified man, who brought Whitehall to a standstill for almost
two hours, assumed various poses before being eventually talked down.
This apparently is "The Thinker."

When a Chinese couple refused $41,000 compensation
to move from their apartment building in Wenling, China, the local
government at Daxi refused to alter its plans for a new road. Neither
side is happy with the end result.

Even in high heels, Catherine plays a
mean game of field hockey at St. Andrew's School in Pangbourne,
Berkshire. The Duchess of Cambridge scrimmaged with members of the
school's hockey team, which she played for during her time as a pupil at
the school from 1986 to 1995.